2022 Indian presidential election

The 2022 Indian presidential election was held on 18 July 2022 to elect the president of India. It was the 16th presidential election in India. The president at the time, Ram Nath Kovind, did not run for reelection. The election took place on 18 July 2022 with a turnout of 99.12%.

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Droupadi Murmu won the election by a margin of 296,626 votes against Yashwant Sinha, the United Opposition candidate. Murmu became the first member of a scheduled tribe and second woman to become president. She is also the first president born after independence.

Schedule
Due to the expiry of the term of President Ram Nath Kovind, an election poll to fill in the office is scheduled to be held on 18 July 2022. Counting of votes will take place on 21 July 2022. 

Candidates
On 21 June 2022, Yashwant Sinha of AITC was chosen as common candidate of UPA and other opposition parties for 2022 Presidential Election. On the same day NDA chose Draupadi Murmu as its presidential candidate.

 Electoral system

The President of India is indirectly elected by an electoral college with 
The elected members of both houses of parliament
The elected members of the Legislative assemblies of the 28 states
The elected members of the legislative assemblies of the union territories of Delhi,  Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir. 
As of 2022, the electoral college has 776 MPs and 4,123 MLAs.

Candidate nomination
The nomination of a candidate for election to the office of the President must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders. The election is held by means of a secret ballot under the Instant-runoff voting system.The Constitution of 1950 use the term Single transferable vote, which is now used for a system with multiple-member constituencies. When there is only one of the latter, the system is now called Instant-runoff voting
Eligibility
Article 58 of the Indian Constitution provides that the President and Vice President of India must be citizens of India, and at least 35 years old. The Presidential candidate must be qualified for elections in the same way as a member of the Lok Sabha, and must not hold any office of profit under the Indian government.

The returning officer for the election was Anoop Mishra, the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha.

 Candidates 
 Name Born Alliance Positions held Home state AnnouncedRef 
x150px Draupadi MurmuBaidaposi, Odisha National Democratic Alliance(BJP)9th Governor of Jharkhand (2015–2021)Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Rairangpur Assembly constituency (2000–2009)Minister of State in the 1st Naveen Patnaik ministry (2000–2004)Odisha21 June 2022 x150px Yashwant Sinha Patna, Bihar  United Opposition(AITC) 
24th External Affairs Minister of India (2002–2004)19th Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha) (1990–1991)21st Finance Minister of India (1990–1991, 1998–2002)Bihar 21 June 2022https://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/presidential-election-live-updates-21-06-2022/amp_liveblog/92356075.cms

 Results 
+ Results of the 2022 Indian presidential electionPresidential elections on July 18, counting, if needed, on July 21: Election CommissionCandidate  Coalition  Individualvotes  ElectoralCollege votes % Draupadi MurmuNational Democratic Alliance 2,824 676,803 64.03Yashwant SinhaUnited Opposition 1,877 380,177 35.97 Valid votes  4,701 1,056,980  Blank and invalid votes 53   10,500  Total 4754  100Registered voters / Turnout4,7961,081,991

References
2027 Indian presidential election

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